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VP-Glasgow are competing in the Young Athletes League on Sunday the 5th of July at Grangemouth Stadium.  This is the 3rd and last match with qualifying for the Scottish Final at stake.

A minibus will be leaving Scotstoun at 1000 hrs on Sunday morning.  If you would like to travel, please e-mail Gordon to confirm your place on the bus.  The cost of the return journey will be £3.

Good luck to everyone taking part.

Världsungdomsspelen!

VP-Glasgow athletes attended the Youth Games in Gothenburg from Friday the 26th till Sunday the 28th of June and as expected returned with 9 medals.

Once again the trip was a great experience for everyone involved with some memorable highlights on the track.

Max Aitchison was our first medallist of the weekend, finishing 3rd in his first ever 2,000m S/C with a time of 4:38.16 on Friday evening.

On Saturday the 27th of June, Calum Innes reached the final of the P19 100m where he finished 3rd with a time of 10.86s.

Stuart Ross was 3rd in the P17 400m with a time of 49.83s.

Max Aitchison won his second medal of the weekend when he finished 2nd in the P14 800m with a PB time of 2:04.09.

Hollie Young was 2nd in the F17 1500m with a time of 4:40.82.

On Sunday, 28th of June, Calum Innes won his second Bronze medal of the weekend, finishing 3rd in the 110m Hurdles with a PB time of 14.16s.

Max Aitchison won his 3rd medal of the weekend when finishing 2nd in the 2,000m with a time of 5:56.63.  It was possibly the most exciting race of the competition with Max leading the field from the 2nd lap until he was caught in the home straight.

Hollie Young won her 2nd medal of the weekend when finishing 1st in the F17 800m.  Hollie ran a great tactical race, 6 places behind the leader at the bell, she eventually won comfortably.

Chloe Lambert was 2nd in the F16 200m with a time of 25.10s, just ahead of Dianne Ramsay who was 5th in the same final.

The full results are available at the following links.  Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Pictures taken over the weekend have been added to our collection.  Leave the password blank if requested.

Scottish Championships

This years championships were held at Pitreavie Stadium on Saturday 20th of June and Sunday the 21st of June.  As expected VP-Glasgow athletes were among the medals with the highlight of the weekend being Jax Thoirs setting a new U17 Pole Vault record.

Jax was 3rd overall in the Pole Vault with a record height of 4.60m. 

Estelle Kagambega was 1st in the Javelin with a distance of 37.43m in her first Scottish Championships.

Calum Innes was 2nd in the 110m Hurdles with a time of 15.51s and Chris Bennett was 2nd in the Hammer with a distance of 57.80m.

Abbey McGhee was 3rd in the 1500m with a time of 4:21.97.

Andrea Gaffney was 3rd in the Triple Jump with a distance of 11.36m in her first senior championships.

Congratulations to all of our medalists. 

The full results are available at this link.

Scottish Schools Combined Events

The combined events were held this year at Grangemouth on Saturday the 6th of June.

Eilidh McEvilly was 2nd in the U15 Girls event with a total of 2603 points.  Eilidh's best events were the Hurdles where she achieved a new PB of 12.64s and the Shot where she again set a new PB of 8.94m.

Also competing in the same event, was Kim Creechan who finished 5th overall.  Kim's best performances came in the Shot where she achieved a distance of 7.08m and the 800m where finished in a time of 2:41.75.

Anna Cunningham won Bronze in the S1 Girls Triathlon.  Anna's best performance was the 600m where she finished in a time of 1:53.65.

John Barnes was 2nd in the Boys S1 Triathlon, with his best performance coming in the Shot where he achieved a distance of 10.55.

Great effort.

Polaroid Series

Several VP-Glasgow athletes took part in the annual series of four 10k's.

The first race was the Helensburgh 10K on Thursday the 21st of May.  Our first athlete home was Gerry Craig who was 35th overall in a time of 36:56.

Donna Finlayson was 58th overall and 6th Woman to finish in a time of 37:52.

Kenny McVey was 150th with a time of 41:39, Alan Hamilton was 164th with a time of 42:09 and Christine Catterson was 199th with a time of 43:22.

The second meeting of the series was the Clydebank 10K on Thursday the 28th of May.  Gerry Craig was once again our first athlete home in 42nd place in a time of 36:47.

Susan Finch was our first woman home, finishing in 106th place overall and 10th woman with a time of 39:33.  Donna Finlayson was close behind, finishing in 124th place with a time of 40:07.

Alan Hamilton was 161st with a time of 41:36 and Kenny McVey was 168th with a time of 41:47.

The third race of the series was the Dumbarton 10K on Thursday the 4th of June.  Gerry Craig was our only representative, finishing 54th overall with a time of 36:51.

The Vale Of Leven was the 4th and last in the series on Sunday 14th of June.  Gerry Craig was 52nd to finish with a time of 38:24.

Mark Ashby was 79th with a time of 39:49 and Christine Catterson was 226th overall and 34th woman to finish with a time of 45:45.

Well done to everyone who took part.  The full results are available at this link.

Scotstoun Update

Representatives from Glasgow City Council and the Glasgow Athletics Association had a tour of the Stadium on Wednesday the 17th of June.

Work is progressing well on both stands.  The seating is currently on route from Australia and should be in place soon.

Weather permitting, the new blue mondo track will be laid next week.

The date of completion is still expected to be mid September.

Scottish Schools Championships

This years Championships were held at Grangemouth Stadium on Friday the 12th and Saturday the 13th of June.  I've listed as many of the medalists I can recognise.  Sorry if I've missed anyone.

Eilidh McEvilly was 1st in the U14 High Jump with a height of 1.53m.

Chloe Lambert was 2nd in the U17 200m with a time of 12.61s and Dianne Ramsay was 2nd in the U17 300m with a time of 40.89s.

Hollie Young was 2nd in the U17 1500m with a time of 4:37.98 and Sarah Potter was 3rd in the U17 3,000m with a time of 10:36.63.

Andrea Gaffney was 1st in the U17 Long Jump with a distance of 5.55m and 1st in the Triple Jump with a distance of 11.34m which was a Championship Best Performance.

Chris Barnes was 1st in the U17 Discus with a throw of 43.23m and 3rd in the Shot with a distance of 14.07m and his brother John Barnes was 1st in the U14 Javelin with a distance of 32.78m.

Lewis Boyle was 2nd in the U14 800m with a time of 2:16.40 and 3rd in the 1500m with a time of 4:37.65.

David Clark was 1st in the O17 200m with a time of 22.44s and Stuart Ross was 1st in the O17 400m with a time of 49.70s.

Sam Adams was 1st in the U15 Pole Vault with a height of 2.60m and Jax Thoirs was 1st in the U17 Pole Vault with a height of 4.20m which was a Championship Best Performance.

Max Aitchison was 1st in the U15 800m with a time of 2:07.25 and 4th in the 400m with a time of 54.93s.

John Mulhern was 3rd in the U17 100m Hurdles with a time of 15.74s while Robbie Pollok was 1st in the U14 80m Hurdles with a time of 13.31s and John McCall was 1st in the U15 80m Hurdles with a time of 12.50s.

Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to Andrea and Jax for their exceptional performances.

The full results are available at this link.

National Junior League

VP-Glasgow's U17 and U20 athletes were in action at Sport City, Manchester on Sunday the 14th of June representing Team Glasgow.  They finished in 2nd place in the 3rd meeting of the season and now lie 2nd overall with an excellent chance of reaching this seasons National Final.

The best of the performances are listed below, the full results are available at this link.

Alan Ramsay was 2nd in the 800m with a time of 1:53.74

Calum Innes was 2nd in the 110m Hurdles with a time of 14.31s and Heather Rankine was 3rd in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 16.60m.

Gregor Innes was 2nd in the 400m Hurdles with a time of 56.11s.

Jax Thoirs was 2nd in the Pole Vault with a height of 4.10m and Courtney MacGuire was 2nd for the women with a height of 3.60m.

Chloe Lambert was 2nd in the 200m with a time of 25.36s and Dianne Ramsay was 2nd in the 400m with a time of 57.93s.

Nicola Hood was 3rd in the 800m with a time of 2:15.29 and 1st in the 1500m S/C with a PB time of 5:00.63.

Rebecca Finch was 2nd in the 1500m with a time of 4:35.28 and Kirsty Barr was 2nd in the High Jump with a height of 1.60m

Andrea Gaffney was 2nd in the Long Jump with a distance of 5.25m and 3rd in the Triple Jump with a distance of 10.95m.

Well done to everyone who took part.  Good luck at the next match.

Newsletter 06/09

Ros will be handing out a newsletter for the Induction Group on training nights.  If you don't come across the hard copy, you can view it at this link.

Text Messaging - U11's and U13's

As you may already be aware, the Club is frequently disappointed by closures of training venues at short notice, occasionally leaving young athletes stranded at the wrong venue.

To guard against this, we are introducing a text messaging service for the U11's and U13's Group.

Normally any changes to our training venues will be posted on the Club Calendar, but if there is a last minute change, we intend to send a text message to all interested parties.

In order for us to set this up, we need to have the correct contact mobile number to send the message to.  If you could please e-mail your child(ren) name, date of birth and one contact mobile number to Lynn McGarrity.

Training Tops

We have recently purchased a stock of new training tops with the Achilles Heel and Nike logos on the front and VP-Glasgow on the back. 

To purchase a training top, you should pay by cash or cheque at the trackside to either Gordon Innes or Ros Halliday.  The cheque should be made payable to Victoria Park City Of Glasgow.

Gordon or Ros will issue you with a receipt and you can then attend at Achilles Heel to uplift your training top.

If you are unable to find Gordon or Ros at the trackside, you can send a cheque to the Club Secretary, 38 Deepdene Road, Bearsden, G61 1NT and a receipt will be sent out to you.

Achilles Heel are once again very generously holding our stock but are unable to accept payment.  You must first pay the Club for your training top before you attend at the shop with the receipt.

The cost of the new training tops is £11 for athletes in the U13 group and younger and £15 for athletes U15 and older.

Katie Horne sent in the following match report from Cardiff.

'Terrible weather for the girlies down south and think that is obvious in the results.  Div2 not much better in Cardiff, started with massive thunder storm which reduced the hammer comp to a swimming comp, waterproof clothing is obviously not designed for that kind of rain as didn't work! 

VP-Glasgow finished 7th after injuries meant major re-juggling of the team in situ.  Thanks to everyone who just got on with it and did it for the point!

The best results and selected few include: Good run and pb for Jade MacLaren in the 800m, 1st with 2.13.78.  3rd A and B in the 1500m for Rebecca Finch and Rhian Dawes, 4.42.5 and 4.50.4 respectively.  Josephine Moultrie continued her good form in the 3k winning in 9.39.8 with Super Vet Sandra Branney 2nd in B string in 10.43.3.  Me and Stacey Wilson did a 2nd A and 1st B but distances were well down and we had 2kg of water in our shoes and hypothermia!! 46.56m and 45.16m.

Next round 1st weekend in July, here's hoping it's dry!'   We were unlucky that two key athletes Jade MacLaren and Carly Sharp were injured and ill respectively so had to rally the troops and the girls did a grand job volunteering and filling in at the last minute in events to get points, especially Jen Graham in the 100m, Kerry Mann in the TJ, Courtney MacGuire in the LJ and we were very unlucky to have both hurdlers fall in the A and B string race but they got up and finished for the points and Maria Thomas filling in the 200m 30mins after her 400m.  I had to do the B 400m and we had a scratch 4x400 team who did exceptionally well to finish 5th having pulled in Josephine Moultrie and Rhian Dawes at the last min.  We have a much stronger team for the next two matches so we'll be fine!

The full results are available at this link.

Three VP-Glasgow athletes took part in the St Mary's Classic at the Strawberry Hill Campus in Twickenham on Wednesday the 3rd of June.

Beth Potter was 4th in the 3000m with a time of 9:16.21, which was inside the standard for the European Junior Championships.

Nicola Hood was 2nd in the 3000m Steeplechase with a personal best time of 6:49.71.

Jo Moultrie was 3rd in the 1500m with a time of 4:26.09.

The full results are available at this link.

British Milers Club

Two athletes from VP-Glasgow took part in the British Milers Club meeting at Manchester on Saturday the 30th of May.

Stuart Ross was 6th in the 800m with a time of 1:53.25, just outside of his PB.

Abbey McGhee was 2nd in the 1500m with a new personal best time of 4:24.41.

The full results are available at this link.

The men were in action at Grangemouth on Sunday the 31st of May in the 2nd match of this seasons competition.  They finished in 7th place overall and will need to improve to avoid relegation.

The best of the performances were from Thomas Campbell who was 1st in the High Jump with a height of 1.95m and Calum Innes who was 2nd in the 200m with a time of 22.44s.

Calum Innes was also 3rd in the 110m Hurdles with a time of 15.9s and Gregor Innes was 3rd in the 400m Hurdles with a time of 56.63s.

Jax Thoirs was 3rd in the Pole Vault with a height of 4.30m.

Derek Gibb was 5th in the 1500m with a time of 4:09.04 and Sean Fontana was 3rd B in the same event with a time of 4:10.23.

The full results are available at this link.

The women's team was competing at Meadowbank on Sunday the 31st of May and finished in 6th place overall in almost perfect weather conditions.

The highlight of the day was seeing Sandra Branney set a new World Record for 3000m in the F55 category.  Sandra's new record was set at 10:13.8.  Congratulations to Sandra.

There was some excellent individual performances with the pick of the bunch being Andrea Gaffney winning the U17 Long Jump with a distance of 5.39m and finishing 2nd in the Senior Triple Jump with a distance of 11.12m.

Eilidh McEvilly was 3rd in the U15 100m with a time of 13.5s and 2nd in the Shot with a distance of 8.81m.

Chloe Lambert was 3rd in the U17 100m with a time of 13.1s with Diane Ramsay winning the B race with a time of 13.5s.  Dianne Ramsay was also 2nd in the U17 200m with a time of 26.4m.

Katie Horne was 3rd in the Hammer with a distance of 45.73m and Estelle Kagambega was 1st in the Senior Javelin in her first competition for the Club with a distance of 38.61m.

Mhairi Patience was 3rd in the High Jump with a height of 1.50m and Courtney MacGuire was 2nd in the Pole Vault with a height of 3.50m.

Hollie Young was 1st in the U17 800m with a time of 2:15.6 and Mhairi Hendry was 1st in the U15 800m with a time of 2:17.5.

Jade MacLaren was 2nd in the Senior 800m with a time of 2:13.9 and Lucinda Logan was 3rd in the Senior High Jump with a height of 1.55m.

The full results can be found at this link.

VP-Glasgow athletes were competing for Team Glasgow in the 2nd of this seasons National Junior League fixtures at Grangemouth on Sunday the 24th of May.

Team Glasgow finished in 2nd place on the day and if they can continue this good form will reach the national final for the first time.

Stuart Ross was 1st in the 1500m with a time of 4:07.85 and Sean Fontana was 3rd in the 3000m with a time of 9:15.05.

Rebecca Finch was 3rd in the 800m with a time of 2:18.33 and Holly Young was 2nd in the 1500m with a time of 4:42.59.

Heather Rankine was 3rd in the 100m Hurdles with a time of 15.66s and Kirsty Barr was 3rd in the High Jump with a height of 1.60m.

Andrea Gaffney was 2nd in the Long Jump with a distance of 5.35m and 3rd in the Triple Jump with a distance of 11.10m.

Courtney MacGuire was 1st in the Pole Vault with a height of 3.45m.

The all VP-Glasgow 4x400m team of Diane Ramsay, Hollie Young, Jennifer Hannah and Rebecca Finch were 1st.

The full results can be found at this link under Northern Premier Division, Round 2.

VP-Glasgow finished in 6th place at the 2nd meeting of the CSSAL on Sunday the 24th of May at Linwood Stadium.  As expected there was some excellent individual performances.

Calum Innes was 1st in the Senior 200m with a time of 22.3s and Thomas Campbell was 1st in the High Jump with a height of 1.90m.

Jamie McKinnon was 1st in the U11 800m with a time of 2:41.9 and Liam Turner was 1st in the U13 1500m with a time of 4:54.1.

Eilidh McEvilly was 1st in the U15 75m Hurdles with a time of 13.2s and Erin Halliday was 1st in the 150m with a time of 22.4s

Carly Sharp in her first appearance for the Club was 1st in the 200m with a time of 26.4s and Sandra Branney was 1st in the Masters 1500m with a time of 5:11.6.

The full results are available at this link.

VP-Glasgow are competing in the Womens League on Sunday the 31st of May at Meadowbank.

A minibus will be leaving Scotstoun at 0930 hrs on Sunday morning.  If you would like to travel, please e-mail Gordon to confirm your place on the bus.  The cost of the return journey will be £3.

Good luck to everyone taking part.

The second round of the Young Athletes League was held at Wishaw on Sunday the 17th of May.  The Club finished in 5th place on the day subject to Scrutinising.  Only three points separated 4th and 6th places.

There was however some excellent individual performances.   Jamie Middleton was 1st in the U13 75m Hurdles with a time of 15:37 and John McCall was 2nd in the U15 80m Hurdles with a time of 12:67.

Max Aitchison was 1st in the U15 1500m with a time of 4:29.26 and 2nd in the 400m with a time of 55.00s.  Liam Turner was 1st in the U13 800m with a time of 2:30.11.

Eilidh McEvilly was 3rd in the U15 75m Hurdles with a time of 13.03s.

Andy McFarlane was 3rd in the U17 100m Hurdles with a time of 14.33s, 2nd in the Triple Jump with a distance of 12.87m and 2nd in the High Jump with a height of 1.70m.

Andrea Gaffney was 3rd in the U17 100m with a time of 12.95s, 3rd in the Discus with a distance of 18.48m and 2nd in the 200m with a time of 26.32s.

Erin Crichton was 3rd in the U13 High Jump with a height of 1.30m.

Aidan Cooney was 3rd in the U13 Long Jump with a distance of 4.23m and Heather Louden was 2nd in the U13 Long Jump with a distance of 3.97m.

Jamie Middleton was 3rd in the U13 Shot with a distance of 6.18m, Hannah Moultrie was 1st B in the U17 Discus with a distance of 14.74m and Alison Innes was 3rd in the U17 Shot with a distance of 7.39m.

Steven Thistleton was 1st B in the U15 Long Jump with a distance of 4.60m and Sarah Gray was 3rd in the U17 High Jump with a height of 1.40m.

Chris Barnes was 2nd in the U17 Discus with a distance of 32.61m and 2nd in the Shot with a distance of 13.85m.

Jax Thoirs was 1st in the U17 Pole Vault with a height of 4.20m which we believe to be a League record.  Congratulations Jax.

If the results remain unchanged, we will be in 4th place after two meetings.  The full results are available at this link.